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Your Most Recent "Life" Bird
Magnolia Warbler!!! :D :D :D (y) (y) (y) Cheers John- Farnboro John
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Your Most Recent "Life" Bird
Red-footed Booby on Bishop Rock lighthouse woo hoo!! (Maz as well. Totally broken from long drive, sea voyages, getting fried by the sun etc.) John- Farnboro John
- Post #4,795
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Your Most Recent "Life" Bird
I always forget this thread... British Isles tick Black-winged Kite in Norfolk on Wednesday! Distant, soaring, but a relief after a day dipping on Tuesday and overnight stay in Burnham Market. Supporting cast of 3 Bee-eaters and a Long-billed Dowitcher, not to mention 4 Spoonbills and the usual...- Farnboro John
- Post #4,778
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Two tick day yesterday, Grey-headed Lapwing then Stejneger's Scoter. Also, five species of scoter in a day! o_O Unfortunately the car stuck a con rod through the engine block front near Tebay on the way back and relay got us home 30 hours after leaving to start the twitch, at 0530 this...- Farnboro John
- Post #4,730
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My brother skis and had Clark's Nutcracker over me for years. One I was very glad to get back! John- Farnboro John
- Post #4,620
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Blackburnian Warbler yesterday on Bryher, Isles of Scilly. Woohoo and many more expressions of delight!!! John- Farnboro John
- Post #4,568
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Turkestan Shrike: Consolidation of a species (previous two incorrectly rejected by BBRC ;) ) for me, lifer for Marion. Picture Canon R7 with EF100-400 IS ii (heavy crop) John- Farnboro John
- Post #4,495
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Eleonora's Falcon 27 May - I always forget to add the entry here! Six star bird.... (my awards began as a five-star system.) John- Farnboro John
- Post #4,478
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Your Most Recent "Life" Bird
Green Warbler yayy! John- Farnboro John
- Post #4,348
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Two tick day!!!! My first in Britain since 1989. Up until today Ron Johns had had a two tick day more recently than I had (which is ridiculous) but not any longer..... Taiga Flycatcher first winter at Trow Quarry South Shields Rufous Bushchat on the saltmarsh at Stiffkey 760 mile round trip...- Farnboro John
- Post #4,240
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Looks like Blue to me! And for myself, Tennessee Warbler! B (: John- Farnboro John
- Post #4,227
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Doesn't get much better than that! :t: John- Farnboro John
- Post #4,197
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Eastern Subalpine Warbler, from the armchair, yesterday. John- Farnboro John
- Post #4,195
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Mine's never done that and indeed hasn't on this occasion. Are you a Canon user? If not, perhaps you should be..... :t: John- Farnboro John
- Post #4,156
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89 in Gambia brought up my 1500 in the world. I couldn't tell you what was number 1500 exactly because of recent armchairs and for that matter a modicum of confusion during the holiday itself about what I needed or didn't (e.g. I thought Pygmy Sunbird was a tick but it turned out I saw it in...- Farnboro John
- Post #4,153
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West African Crested Tern by text just after a hairy landing at Gatwick last night! There were quite a lot over the last week but more of that later when I've made a start on the pictures.... John- Farnboro John
- Post #4,149
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Your Most Recent "Life" Bird
Brown Booby at Kynance Cove on Tuesday - world bird as well as a British tick, excellent views, bonus Choughs, grand day out! John- Farnboro John
- Post #4,073
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Two questions: - plumage state - distance? Congratulations! John- Farnboro John
- Post #4,065
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An array of 14 with the last being a flock of 114 Northern Bald Ibis at Oued Massa and the one before that male Moussier's Redstart. Some mammals too ;) Fantastic! John- Farnboro John
- Post #3,972
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My third British Isles bird for this year: Grey Catbird (the others being Moltoni's Warbler and American Royal Tern). Also Beluga for mammals, Clifden Nonpareil and Oleander Hawk Moth. What a great year it is turning into! John- Farnboro John
- Post #3,915
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I keep forgetting to celebrate on here.... Moltoni's Warbler (Duncansby Head) and American Royal Tern (Pagham Harbour) yaay! (Marion saw both and as usual says "I'm not bovvered....") John- Farnboro John
- Post #3,877
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Moltoni's Warbler at Duncansby Head: fair exchange for dipping Walrus (well, perhaps not but I choose to look on the bright side). Pix in the UK rarities gallery. John- Farnboro John
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Yellow Warbler! All right it was a British tick not a strict lifer. But my British Isles list is the important one. John- Farnboro John
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Often called Pink Stink, as well :-O John- Farnboro John
- Post #3,648
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I suppose it might turn out to be Stejneger's Stonechat.... would be now if I followed IOC. John- Farnboro John
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